Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 512 - Three Hundred and Thirty-Three: Pursuit

Chapter 512: Chapter Three Hundred and Thirty-Three: Pursuit

As their eyes met, Xu Yuan suddenly felt a familiarity, as though the moment mirrored another from the past.

The ambiguous yet tense atmosphere within the tent was strikingly similar to that of a certain cave.

While contemplating, Xu Yuan glanced at Tianyan and quickly reigned in his thoughts.

The expression on that beautiful face had turned completely dark, and the delicate body wrapped in palace attire trembled slightly.

Under his spiritual vision, a mysterious fluctuation had enveloped Li Qingyan, who was embracing him.

The outcome had been decided.

Xu Yuan sighed inwardly.

Once Li Qingyan resolved to take definitive action, the only choices left for Tianyan were to lose big or lose small.

What else could Tianyan do now?

Break the defense and directly use the "Break" word from the Heavenly Word Mantra to attack the injured Li Qingyan?

Sure, the wounded Li Qingyan, without activating the military formation, would indeed be no match for Tianyan, but what then?

The strong humiliating the weak?

That was not the point at all.

Conflict of interests may lead to fights, but matters of the heart are best settled with words.

If Tianyan did so, it would be nothing more than impotent rage, falling into inferiority.

And as for using the "Freeze" word from the Heavenly Word Mantra to immobilize the injured Li Qingyan and repeat what she had just done... Hm?

At that thought, Xu Yuan’s eyes focused.

Upon reflection, that seemed... cough! Anyway, Li Qingyan, holding the moral high ground of being "betrothed," made any action Tianyan could take seem utterly like impotent rage.

Unless Tianyan could morph into someone with the heartless personality of Lou Ji.

Like to assert dominance? Then recreate the scene from moments before with herself, and heartlessly tell Li Qingyan how awesome her husband was.

However, unfortunately for Xu Yuan’s limited understanding of Tianyan, she was not one to do such a thing.

In the silence,

the light of the Inscription Lamp in the tent began to flicker, dimming the heroic sharpness in Li Qingyan’s eyes and accentuating the seductive hint within her gaze.

And then, in an instant,

"Has enough been done?!"

An annoyed voice rang out within the tent. Xu Yuan pushed Li Qingyan away from him with a cold look in his eyes, "Li Qingyan, whatever you two want to do, do it by yourselves. Why involve me in it?"

Li Qingyan pursed her lips. Glancing at him in a flash, though unhappy with his protection of her, she still stepped back cooperatively.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan turned back to look at Tianyan:

"Tianyan, what are you trying to do? Assassinate the Princess of Dayan in Northern Border City?! Don’t you have any sense of propriety?"

Tianyan’s lips trembled slightly as she stared at him:

"I didn’t..."

"Didn’t?"

Familiar stubbornness.

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and pointed at Li Qingyan:

"Your Heavenly Word Mantra was almost plastered onto Li Qingyan’s face, and you still dare to say you didn’t?"

"...."

At these words, Tianyan’s golden eyes faltered, showing a brief spell of confusion.

Why... could he, just a Soul Condensation, sense her Heavenly Word Mantra?

But soon, that flicker of doubt was overshadowed by the sour grievance welling up in her heart, and she said in a low, clear voice:

"I.. didn’t intend to take action."

"When have you ever hesitated to act with your temperament?"

Xu Yuan stared into her eyes: "When your emotions surge, do you care about anything else?"

Hearing this, Tianyan’s tone also rose slightly:

"Xu Changtian, you blame me? Isn’t it all because of her?"

Xu Yuan took a deep breath, frowning slightly:

"Because of her? What about her? Have you ever done the same in front of Ran Qingmo? Tell me, what’s wrong with Li Qingyan?"

"..."

Tianyan fell silent.

Li Qingyan, appearing contemplative, dropped her folded arms and tugged at his sleeve, softly saying:

"Enough, Changtian...."

"You shut up too!"

"...." Li Qingyan blinked her eyes.

Xu Yuan flung her hand away and turned to her, "You like misleading others? Weren’t you so decorous before, suddenly putting on an act of a loving couple?"

Li Qingyan met his gaze for a moment, then looked away.

Xu Yuan glanced at Tianyan, noting that her complexion had improved slightly, and he sighed with relief.

Avoiding the main issue may be shameful, but it worked, at least for Tianyan.

Tianyan’s eyes suddenly brightened, and she opened her mouth:

"Xu Yuan, you and her.."

"You’ve grown insensitive to pain from past injuries, haven’t you?"

Xu Yuan interrupted Tianyan’s casting and glared back at her: "Tianyan, how many times have I said it? I don’t remember the things in the Illusionary Realm. If you want to reminisce, let me remember everything!"

After his words, the tent fell silent.

In the quiet stare,

Tianyan’s breathing became rapid, her small chest rising and falling slightly, she sniffed, and her beautiful golden eyes grew cloudy and misty.

After a few breaths,

"Huff..."

Xu Yuan sighed with a slightly softer tone: "I mean, I didn’t mean it like that...."

As he spoke, Xu Yuan reached out to gently stroke her cheek.

Slap—

His hand was swatted away.

Tianyan looked at him with reddened eyes for several breaths, her lips slightly parted:

"Disappear."

"..." Xu Yuan.

Staring at where the girl had vanished, Xu Yuan stood in the center of the tent and sighed deeply.

Li Qingyan’s eyes sparkled as if she was pondering something.

Xiao Bai... Xiao Bai had already run off without a trace.

Luo Xiran kept playing dead.

For a moment, the tent was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, but the silence lasted only briefly.

With the soft sounds of boots walking towards the main seat, Li Qingyan’s leisurely voice reached out:

"Actually, you didn’t have to say that last part. Even in that situation, you still considered my feelings. Changtian, you really are thoughtful."